Jodie Foster
Alicia Christian 'Jodie' Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress and filmmaker. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. For her work as a producer and director, she has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. She has also earned numerous honors such as the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2013, was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2016 and received the Cannes Film Festival's Honorary Palme d'Or in 2021.
Foster began her professional career as a child model and later as a teen idol in various Disney films including Napoleon and Samantha (1972), Freaky Friday (1976) and Candleshoe (1977). She acted in Martin Scorsese's comedy-drama Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) and reunited with him in Taxi Driver (1976) in a role for which she received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination. Other early films include Tom Sawyer (1973), Bugsy Malone (1976), The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976), Carny (1980) and Foxes (1980).
After attending Yale University, Foster transitioned into mature leading roles earning two Academy Awards for playing a rape victim in The Accused (1988), and Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs (1991). She also received a nomination for Nell (1994). Her other notable films include Sommersby (1993), Maverick (1994), Contact (1997), Anna and the King (1999), Panic Room (2002), Flightplan (2005), Inside Man (2006), The Brave One (2007), Nim's Island (2008), Carnage (2011), Elysium (2013), Hotel Artemis (2018), and The Mauritanian (2021).
She made her directorial film debut with Little Man Tate (1991) and has since directed films such as Home for the Holidays (1995), The Beaver (2011) and Money Monster (2016). She founded her own production company, Egg Pictures, in 1992. She earned two Primetime Emmy Awards for producing The Baby Dance (1999), and directing the Orange Is the New Black episode "Lesbian Request Denied" in 2014. She has also directed episodes for Tales from the Darkside, House of Cards, Black Mirror, and Tales from the Loop.
Foster's sexual orientation became the subject of public discussion in 1991 when publications such as OutWeek and The Village Voice, protesting against the alleged homophobia and transphobia in The Silence of the Lambs, claimed she was a lesbian. She publicly acknowledged her 14-year relationship with Cydney Bernard in 2007 in a speech at The Hollywood Reporter's "Women in Entertainment" breakfast honoring her. In 2013, she addressed her decision to come out in a speech after receiving the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 70th Golden Globe Awards, which led many news outlets to describe her as gay. Some sources noted that she did not use the words "gay" or "lesbian" in her speech.
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Movies (110)
Hechizo: Bienvenidos a Hexe
2026 · Queen Celeste (voice)
The First Five Minutes... The Title Design Legacy of Dan Perri
2026 · self
Breakdown: 1975
2025 · Narrator (voice)
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025 · Self (archive footage)
A Private Life
2025 · Lilian Steiner
Henry Fonda for President
2025 · Self (archive footage)
Hinckley
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Alok
2024 · Executive Producer
Jodie Foster, une histoire française
2023 · Self
Nyad
2023 · Bonnie Stoll
Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin
2021 · Self (archive footage)
El Mauritano
2021 · Nancy Hollander
Love, Antosha
2019 · Self
Mouthpiece
2019 · Thanks
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
2019 · Self - Actress and Director
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
2018 · Self - Narrator (voice), Executive Producer
Becoming Iconic
2018 · Self
Hotel de Criminales
2018 · Jean Thomas / Nurse
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017 · Self (archive footage)
Taxi Driver: 40th Anniversary Cast Q&A
2016 · Self
El maestro del dinero
2016 · Director
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014 · Self – Host
Beyond the Visible: The Story of the Very Large Array
2013 · Narrator (voice)
Elysium
2013 · Delacourt
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012 · (archive footage)
¿Sabes quién viene?
2011 · Penelope Longstreet
Mi otro yo
2011 · Meredith Black, Director
Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs
2010 · Self
Motherhood
2009 · Jodie Foster
Early Directors on Directing
2009 · Self
La isla de Nim
2008 · Alexandra Rover
100 Films and a Funeral
2007 · Self
Valiente
2007 · Erica Bain, Executive Producer
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
2007 · Self
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
2006 · Self
El Plan Perfecto
2006 · Madeleine White
Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster
2005 · Self
The Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning
2005 · Self
The Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the Lambs
2005 · Self
The Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence
2005 · Self
Plan de Vuelo
2005 · Kyle
The True Story of Hannibal
2005 · Self
A Very Long Engagement
2004 · Elodie Gordes
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004 · Self
A Look Back with Jodie Foster
2004 · Self
Shooting 'Panic Room'
2004 · Self
Abby Singer
2003 · Jodie Foster (uncredited)
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2002 · Self
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
2002 · Sister Assumpta, Producer
La habitación del pánico
2002 · Meg Altman
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2001 · Self
Waking the Dead
2000 · Executive Producer
Anna and the King
1999 · Anna
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999 · Self
Making 'Taxi Driver'
1999 · Self
The Baby Dance
1998 · Executive Producer
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies
1998 · Self / Host
Everest: The Death Zone
1998 · Narrator (voice)
Three Gorges: The Biggest Dam in the World
1998 · Narrator (voice)
Contact
1997 · Ellie Arroway
Home for the Holidays
1995 · Director, Producer
Cinefile: Reel Women
1995 · Self
Golden Tales 2
1995 · Director
Jodie Promo
1995 · (Archival)
Nell
1994 · Nell Kellty, Producer
All About Bette
1994 · Self
Maverick
1994 · Annabelle Bransford
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994 · Self (archive footage)
Golden Tales
1993 · Director
Sommersby
1993 · Laurel Sommersby
It Was a Wonderful Life
1992 · Narrator (voice)
Shadows and Fog
1991 · Prostitute
Little Man Tate
1991 · Dede Tate, Director
The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
1991 · Self
The Silence of the Lambs
1991 · Clarice Starling
Catchfire
1990 · Anne Benton
Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife
1989 · Narrator (voice)
The Accused
1988 · Sarah Tobias
Stealing Home
1988 · Katie Chandler
Movies Are My Life
1988 · Self
Siesta
1987 · Nancy
Five Corners
1987 · Linda Komkowski
Mesmerized
1985 · Victoria
The Blood of Others
1984 · Hélène
The Hotel New Hampshire
1984 · Franny Berry
Svengali
1983 · Zoe Alexander
Hollywood’s Children
1982 · Self (archive footage)
O'Hara's Wife
1982 · Barbara O'Hara
Carny
1980 · Donna
Foxes
1980 · Jeanie
Mickey's 50
1978 · Self
Grease Day USA
1978 · Self
The Hands of Time
1978 · Director, Writer
Candleshoe
1977 · Casey
Beach House
1977 · Teresina
Stop Calling Me Baby!
1977 · Isabelle Tristan, aka 'Fleur bleue'
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
1976 · Rynn Jacobs
Freaky Friday
1976 · Annabel Andrews
Bugsy Malone
1976 · Tallulah
Taxi Driver
1976 · Iris
Echoes of a Summer
1976 · Deirdre
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1974 · Audrey
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
1974 · Liberty Cole
One Little Indian
1973 · Martha
Tom Sawyer
1973 · Becky Thatcher
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
1972 · Pugsley Addams (Voice)
Kansas City Bomber
1972 · Rita
Napoleon and Samantha
1972 · Samantha
Menace on the Mountain
1970 · Suellen McIver
Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary
· Self
TV shows (73)
The Beast in Me
2025 · Executive Producer
Mr. Scorsese
2025 · Self
Smartare än hjärnan
2025 · Self
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
2023 · Self
Beau geste
2023 · Self
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Historias del Loop
2020 · Director
La semaine des 4 Julie
2020 · Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
Quotidien
2016 · Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self - Guest
True Detective
2014 · Liz Danvers, Executive Producer
Orange Is the New Black
2013 · Director
House of Cards
2013 · Director
Black Mirror
2011 · Director
El show de Graham Norton
2007 · Self - Guest
Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
Celebrities Uncensored
2003 · Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self, Self - Guest
The Early Show
1999 · Self - Guest
Rove
1999 · Self
The Directors
1999 · Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
1998 · Self - Host
The Daily Show
1996 · Self
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies
1995 · Self
Lo + plus
1995 · Self - Guest
Inside the Actors Studio
1994 · Self
Intimate Portrait
1993 · Self
Frasier
1993 · Marlene (voice)
The X-Files
1993 · 'Betty' (voice)
HBO First Look
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Los Simpson
1989 · Maggie Roark (voice)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self - Guest
Tales from the Darkside
1984 · Director
Goldene Kamera
1984 · Self
Harty
1983 · Self
Champs-Elysées
1982 · Self
The South Bank Show
1978
Cérémonie des César
1976 · Self - President
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host
Numéro un
1975 · Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
Midi Première
1975 · Self
Spécial cinéma
1974 · Self
Paper Moon
1974 · Addie Pray
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
1973 · Elizabeth Henderson
The Addams Family
1973 · Pugsley Addams (voice)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 · Self
Kung Fu
1972 · Alethea Patricia Ingram
ABC Afterschool Special
1972 · Sharon Lee, Sue
Ghost Story
1972 · Judy
The Paul Lynde Show
1972
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
1972 · Pugsley Addams (voice)
The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan
1972 · Anne Chan
Film '72
1971 · Self
The Partridge Family
1970 · Julie Lawrence
Medical Center
1969
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
1969 · Joey Kelly
Mayberry R.F.D.
1968 · Fairy, Little Girl
Adam-12
1968 · Mary Bennett
Julia
1968 · Cindy Blanchard
Ironside
1967
Daniel Boone
1964 · Rachel Pickett
My Three Sons
1960 · Priscilla
Bonanza
1959 · Bluebird
Gunsmoke
1955 · Susan Sadler, Patricia, Marieanne
The Oscars
1953 · Self
The Emmy Awards
1949 · Self - Winner
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee